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Shey Phoksundo National Park is the largest and only trans-Himalayan national park in Nepal. It was established in 1984 and covers an area of 3,555 km 2 (1,373 sq mi) in the districts of Dolpa and Mugu in the Mid-Western Region, Nepal. The protected area ranges in elevation from 2,130 to 6,885 m (6,988 to 22,589 ft).
Phoksundo Lake (Nepali: फोक्सुण्डो, romanized: Phoksuṇḍo, pronounced [pʰoksuɳɖo]) is an alpine fresh water oligotrophic lake in Nepal's Shey Phoksundo National Park, located at an elevation of 3,611.5 m (11,849 ft) in the Dolpa District.
Shey Phoksundo National Park – 3,555 km 2 (1,373 sq mi) Bardiya National Park – 968 km 2 (374 sq mi) ... Phoksundo Lake – 494 ha (1.91 sq mi)
The Shey Phoksundo is the largest and only trans-Himalayan National Park in Nepal. [ citation needed ] The district has an altitudinal range of over 5,000 m (16,000 ft) from a little over 1,500 m (4,900 ft) at Tribeni in Kalika Village Development Committee to 7,381 m (24,216 ft) at the peak of Churen Himal .
[1]: 1–3 Part of the region lies in Shey Phoksundo National Park. The sparse, agro-pastoral population, known as Dolpo or Dolpopa in standard Tibetan and Dhol-wa in the local dialect, is connected to the rest of Nepal via Jufal airport, which can be reached in three days by horse.
Shey Phoksundo National Park Shey Phoksundo (with Phoksundo Lake—the deepest lake of Nepal), famous for the snow leopard, is Nepal's largest park with an area of 3,555 km 2. Rara National Park surrounds Rara Lake—at 10.2 km 2, Nepal's largest lake—known as the "Pearl of Nepal".
The Natural Monuments of Nepal [1] includes mountains, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, national parks, wildlife reserves, bird sanctuary, land terraces and flood way. [2] [3] The Nepal Nature Conservation Act 1982 (Raastriya Praakrtik Sanrakshan Kosh Ain 2039 BS) was made to protect and develop the Natural Monuments of Nepal.
Shey Phoksundo National Park; Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park; Shuklaphanta National Park This page was last edited on 5 April 2019, at 19:55 (UTC). Text ...